Safety-razor.



.L H. FLAGG. SAFETY RAZOR. lAPPLICATION FILED HA. 5, 1908.

910,187. Patented Jan. 19', 1909.

A TTOHNEYS A w/rNEssEs f E JAMES H. FLAGG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

specification of Lettersratene.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Application filed March 5, 1908. Serial No'. 419,312.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. F LAGG, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedSafety-Razor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to certain improve` ments in safety razors, andmore particularly to that type of safety razor disclosed in my previousapplication, Serial No. 397,288, tiled October 1l, 1907.

' The special objects of the present invention. are to provide animproved form' of handle, whereby the safety razor may -be more firmlyheld -in any desired position; to provide an improved form of latherretainer disposed adjacent the blade but spaced therefrom, and toprovide an improved means for supporting the blade and holding it inplace.

Reference is to be had to the accompany# ing drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of ref- 'erence indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, and in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of one form of razor constructed in accordance with myinvention; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section taken in a plane atright angles to the blade; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3 3 ofFig. 2; Fig. liis a longitudinal section illustrating a modified form;and Fig. 5 is afront view, a portion thereof being shown in section onthe line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

The main body of my razor` is preferably formed of a single piece ofsheet metal, as in the form shown in my prior application above referredto. The handle 10 is provided at its upper end with arms 11 integraltherewith and also vintegral with the blade-supporting plate 12, Vwhichlatteris bent at an angle to the general direction of the handle.Adjacent the intersection of the two side arms 11, the handle isprovided with oppositely-disposed, laterally-extending extensions 13,which are roughened on their outer surfaces and curved around to form agripping section or portion substantially cylindrical in cross section.The portion of the sheet metal disposed inter-` mediate the two sidearms 11 is left attached to the arms and the handle adjacent theirintersection, and is bent outwardly and upwardly to form alather-retaining plate 14, having a straight terminal edge of a lengthsubstantially equal to the length of the free edge of theblade-supporting idly securing it to vthe plate 12. The free edge of theplate 12 is curved downwardly and is provided with a plurality ofnotches or recesses, serving to form a plurality of guard fingers 16.'The two end fingers are preferably of slightly reater width than theintermediate ones an are provided with slight projections or lugs 17,which define the position of the blade and limit its forward movement.The rear edge of the blade preferably engages with lugs or projections21, adjacent the rear edge of the plate 12. For securing the blade tothe supporting plate 12, I provide a retaining bar or plate 18,preferably having one end thereof provided with a lug 19, extendingthrou h an aperture in the end of the plate 12 an bent inwardly toengage with the under side of the blade and normally prevent the removalof the bar. The bar may be rotated in its own plane about the lug 19 asa center, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The opposite end ofthe bar is provided with a lug or catch 20, bent downwardly and inwardlyand' adapted to engage with the under surface of the plate 12 tosecurely hold the blade to the plate. By swingi the bar 18 through aproximately oneal of a revolution, the ug 19 may be readily removed fromthe aperture and the bar separated from the remainder of the razor.

The specific form illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, is of somewhat cheaperconstruction and no lather retainer or guard is provided. The sideextensions 13a are bent to the same side of the handle as is theblade-supporting plate 12, whereas in the form sh`own in Figs. 1, 2 and3, the side extensions 13 are bent to the opposite side of the handlefrom the blade-sup orting plate 12. The bladesupporting p ate 12a isintegral with the handle 10a, and the bar 18a substantially identicalwith the bar 1S, serves to hold the razor blade in place.

By means of the special gripping section or portion of the handle, thelatter may be easily held in any desired position, either with the thumband nger in engagement With the back and front of the gripping portion,or in engagement with the .sides thereof, or with -the iiat terminal.portion. The razor is very easily cleaned, and there are no parts whichcan get out of order.

Theentire device is formed of but three tainer; another of Whichconstitutes the blade proper, and the third of which consti-tutes themeans for holding the blade to the Erst-mentioned part. Y

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new land desire to secureby Letters Patent: I

l. A safety razor, comprising a handle, a bladesupporting plate,v arms'connecting said handle with the end of said plate, and a latherretainer carried by said handle and extending` from a point intermediatesaid arms and terminating substantially parallel with the edge of saidblade-supporting plate, all of saidparts being formed from a singlepiece of sheet metal.

2. A safety razor, comprising a handle, a blade support extendingtransversely thereof, arms adjacent the ends of said blade support andintegral with" said handle, and a lather retainer integral with saidarms and formed from a portion stamped from between said arms.

3. A safety razor having a blade supporting plate and ahandleintegraltherewith,`

said handle having the portion adjacent vthe blade supporting plateprovidedl with. oppositely-disposed roughenedlateral extensions forminga substantially tubular,gripping portion and said handle having all-atterminal portion.

et. 'In a safety razor, a-blade'supporting plate having am aperturetherein adjacent one end, a blade adapted to be secured thereto, and asecuring bar ha cne end thereof bent to form a lug' or hook adapted to Iextend through said aperture and eng-agey JAMES H. FLAGG.

Witnessesz" A C. W. FAIRBANK,

JOHN P. Davis.

